Professor Stan Steiner has been dubbed "The Bookman" by his students because of his vast knowledge of children's literature. He has written and coauthored a number of articles connecting literature and content areas for such journals as Book Links, Reading Teaching and Multicultural Review. Prior to his present position teaching children's and young adult literature at Boise State University, he taught elementary school for fifteen years. Dr. Steiner and his storytelling wife Joy present across America, combining their love of literature and story.
Articles
Multicultural Literature, Literally! (with Maggie Chase and Eun Hye Son), Book Links (2011)
This article is titled multicultural literature literally because we wanted to focus on literature that...
Children's Choices 2010, The Reading Teacher (2010)
Each year 12,500 school children from different regions of the United States read newly published...
A Dozen Great Books: Taking Action in the Face of Adversity (with M. Chase and E. H. Son), Journal of Children’s Literature (2010)
Children's Choices 2009, The Reading Teacher (2009)
What Is the Children’s Choices Project? Each year 12,500 school children from different regions of...
Bullies, Gangs, and Books for Young Adults (with Ben Steiner), YALS: Young Adult Library Services (2009)
This action research project describes the impact a love for reading and access to books...
Books
Building Bridges: Books Bring Us Together: 60+ Great Multicultural Books, Faculty Authored Books (2002)
Promoting a Global Community Through Multicultural Children's Literature, Faculty Authored Books (2001)
You will find this book invaluable for teaching students the beauties of diversity and for...
Freirean Pedagogy, Praxis, and Possibilities: Projects for the New Millennium (with H. Mark Krank, Peter McLaren, and Robert E. Bahruth), Faculty Authored Books (2000)
Contributions to Books
Keeping Culture Alive in Your Community (with J. Steiner and B. Jang), International Forum on Making Jeonju the City of Tradition, Culture and Education (2010)
Schooling of Child Immigrants in the USA: What's the Law, What's Current Practice, What is Best Practice? (with Arturo Rodriguez and B. Jang), Identity Fostering as a Citizen of Globalization: Proceedings of the International Forum for Multi-Cultural Policy of Jeon-Buk Province, Wanju, Korea (2009)
Upstream in the Mainstream: Pedagogy Against the Current (with Roberto E. Bahruth), Speaking the Unpleasant: The Politics of (Non)engagement in the Multicultural Education Terrain (1998)
Presentations
Bullies, Gangs, and Books for Young Adults, Young Adult Library Services for Adolescents (YALSA) (2008)